"Jupiter Saturn Detail Stack" 16-Aug-2021 ~10pm
ZWO ASI462MC + Mallincam VRC-10" + Baader Planetarium Moon & Skyglow filter. Shots with moons at native f/8, closeups at f/20 (GSO 2.5x Barlow).
Captured from my backyard in central Ottawa. Transparency was average, seeing below average. This is a composite image of Jupiter & Saturn at different exposures. Each image is a stack of the best 200 frames from 5000 stacked using Autostakkert!3, sharpened with wavelets in Registax 6. Camera settings as follows:
gain exposure gamma
Jupiter w/moons 29% 12ms 48
Jupiter closeup 42% 16ms 63
Saturn w/moons 54% 555ms 57
Saturn closeup 42% 79ms 49